Ford Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Input and Output Shaft

All gear wheels are constantly engaged.

The output shaft teeth are part of the output shaft and are constantly engaged with the differential crown wheel.

In the neutral position, none of the gear wheels is connected with the input or output shaft via the corresponding synchroniser assembly. No torque is transmitted to the differential.

The input and output shafts are respectively mounted by means of tapered roller bearings in the halves of the transaxle housing on the clutch and transaxle sides.

This bearing arrangement requires the shafts to be preloaded.

The 3rd/4th gear synchroniser assembly is located on the input shaft.

The 1st/2nd gear and 5th/reverse gear synchroniser assemblies are located on the output shaft.

Power Flow

1st gear

2nd gear

3rd gear

4th gear

5th gear

Reverse

General Illustrations

Input shaft

Output shaft

The reverse gear idler runs on a needle roller bearing on the reverse gear idler spindle.

The reverse gear idler is driven by the input shaft. Its function is to reverse the direction of rotation of the output shaft in reverse gear.

Reverse gear idler